Until the 1870s, Maori men of New Zealand etched deep tattoos ... In the U.S., scarification emerged in San Francisco as part of a new body-modification movement in the mid-1980s.

Centre for Independent Studies’ Warren Mundine discusses the “brain explosion” of a Maori artist in New Zealand who placed ...

Since body art, rock art, wooden objects and other tangible ... Recently, for example, the Field Museum in Chicago returned the human remains of 14 Maori native New Zealanders back to their ...

The tattoo is called a pūhoro, a traditional Maori body tattoo which covers most of the lower body reported Stuff.co.nz. In the video, his client is seen posing with his buttocks towards the ...

But the U.S. tattoo culture is nothing compared to some of the world's body art traditions. New Zealand's indigenous Maori people sustain an ancient tattoo tradition that puts bold spirals and ...

Body Art, out this month from Thames & Hudson, reveals the historical origins of many designs you might see while walking around the giant body art gallery that is the contemporary western city.

has facial ink inspired by New Zealand's Maori tribe, including marks on his chin that he said mean "tattoo artist." To them, being tattooed is more than body art or becoming part of an evermore ...

northern Hokkaido because of the spa's ban on people with body art. "I'm not used to being treated like that," she said. Ms Brewerton said Maori people have facial "ta moko" tattoos because they ...

A Wairarapa artist was awarded a prestigious Maori arts scholarship worth $4000 ... She said in her speech that she is today developing a body of work that will first see the light at Cape ...

Choose from African hair braiding, henna tattooing, eyebrow threading and Maori body art. Salon Culture runs from noon to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday. Check out www.festivalofworldcultures.com.